Soil Wetter
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How to beat hydrophobia

Is your soil afraid of water? JUSTIN RUSSELL shares tips for combatting hydrophobic soil. 

Golden nugget
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Pint-sized pumpkins

JUSTIN RUSSELL lists his top four mini pumpkin varieties that are big in colour and flavour, but compact in size and space needs.

Tomato medley
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Tomato pests and diseases

Common tomato pests and diseases explained, by LINDA COCKBURN.

Liquid assets
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Liquid assets

PHIL DUDMAN looks at liquid fertilisers and the important role they play in the organic garden.

Pink flower spikes
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Beautiful bee magnets

Versatile, tough and very beautiful, PENNY WOODWARD asks what more could you want from Echium?

Spring Onion
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Planting ideas for September

JUSTIN RUSSELL emerges from his winter slumber to get stuck into some cautious spring planting. 

Peter and Tina Cundall in their ornamental garden
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Spring into organic gardening

Be inspired by the October issue of Organic Gardener magazine, writes STEVE PAYNE.

All sown up
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All sown up

Seed tapes and soil blocks are handy ways to sow, according to OG's dynamic duo PHIL DUDMAN and JUSTIN RUSSELL. 

The observer
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The observer

From her first visit, Tasmanian forests had a profound effect on Miranda Gibson. This would go on to become a passion to protect those forests from logging and ultimately led to her spending 449 days, 60 metres above the ground in a tree that was named Observer Tree. After nearly 15 months shut off from […]

Silverbeet
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Harvest notes: September

Time to harvest your Asparagus, Celery and Dill.

David Holmgren
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Holmgren on tour

Permaculture co-founder is taking his ‘Survive and Thrive’ tour on the road, SIMON WEBSTER reports.

White cherry blossom
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Record warm days

Are there strange things happening in your garden? asks PENNY WOODWARD